The presence of these relics among us today is a unique occasion. Just as last month we celebrated Joachim and Anne as the parents of Our Lady, so today we welcome back the Saint of the Little Way – and the parents who moulded her heart to love the Lord. The Little Way was the product of a big heart. Big loud ideas are not necessarily the product of big hearts.Therese and her mother lived comparat...

Bishop Donal will lead Evening Prayer at 7.00pm followed by Mass at 7.30pm on Tuesday 21st August in St Eugene's Cathedral to celebrate the start of the World Meeting of Families in Dublin and the visit of Pope Francis. Everyone welcome and refreshments will be served after Mass.

The Relics of #StThérèse and her Parents, Saints Louis and Zélie Martin, will be arriving at St Eugene's Cathedral on Tuesday 14th August at 11.00 am. Veneration of the Relics until 6.00 pm and from 7pm in the Carmelite Retreat Centre, Termonbacca where they will repose overnight before the journey to Sligo at 8.30am on Wednesday 15th August. Full itinerary here.

On 6 October 2016, the Holy Father announced the theme of the XV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops: "Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment" which will take place in Rome from 3rd to 28th October 2018. The Synod is an assembly of bishops from around the world, gathered with the Holy Father, to share their wisdom, information and experiences ...

Ahead of World Meeting of Families, we are delighted to welcome American journalist, John L Allen Jnr, to the Derry Diocese, on Friday 17 August, where he will talk on 'The Challenge of Pope Francis to the Church in Ireland,' reflecting on the recent writings of the Holy Father. This event will take place in St Mary's College, Northland Road , Derry at 7.30pm, and you are warmly invited to attend....

Mary's Meals began feeding 200 children in Malawi in 2002 and is now feeding over 1,257,278 children every day in places of education. Our vision is that every hungry child receives a daily meal and that all who have more than they need, share with those who are in need. With our no frills policy, it costs €15.60 to feed a child for a year.To raise funds and awareness of Mary's Meals, we are walki...